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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,219 posts)
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 01:43 PM Mar 2019

They reroute the flight paths at the local airports whenever the Madman is at Mar a Lago.

I can tell since my house, which normally isn't under a regular flight path, suddenly sees jets passing over it on a regular basis the weekends he is here.

Now, I don't really mind the air traffic--it's not that loud or obtrusive.

However, it does stand as a palpable reminder of the evil that is my presence, so as a matter of pure symbolism, it's a rather big bummer for me.

It reminds of something years down the road I'll end up telling my grandkids about the Trump Times.....how I distinctly remember the jets flying over my house and knowing he was here.

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They reroute the flight paths at the local airports whenever the Madman is at Mar a Lago. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2019 OP
Thurs PM we got caught in ATL in Penis's traffic nightmare as he and Mother were visiting ICE CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #1
I had the opposite effect on the 285 that day. Sedona Mar 2019 #6
Yes he did get his panties wadded CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #7
It's called a TFR, Temporary Flight Restriction, and it's put in place for all presidents. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #2
Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #3
We can even tell here in Broward that he's in FL cause there is some kind of foul stench in the air FM123 Mar 2019 #4
sulfurous no doubt.... dhill926 Mar 2019 #5
I occasionally haul mail to a Postal facility directly across the street from his golf course in WPB A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #8
I once drove by PBI when AF1 was docked there. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2019 #9

Sedona

(3,769 posts)
6. I had the opposite effect on the 285 that day.
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 03:13 PM
Mar 2019

Jumped on the Peachtree Dunwoody inner loop exit at rush hour and theres no cars on the inner loop. None. I cruised all the way to spaghetti junction before I hit any traffic. Turns out I got on the freeway at just the right moment. Got home to Tucker in record time. Heard Pence said some shitty things about Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms while he was here.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,921 posts)
2. It's called a TFR, Temporary Flight Restriction, and it's put in place for all presidents.
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 02:00 PM
Mar 2019

The problem with Trump and his TFRs is that he's at Merde-a-Loco so often that it's a regular disruption for all local air operations. Here's where you can find out where Spanky or Mike Dense is and where they're going - look at the ones designated VIP. https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html

A HERETIC I AM

(24,380 posts)
8. I occasionally haul mail to a Postal facility directly across the street from his golf course in WPB
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 04:54 PM
Mar 2019

Trump International is (as I am sure the OP knows) just south of the WPB airport, and right across the street from the southern border of the property is the West Palm Beach Postal P&DC. (Processing and Distribution Center)

So far I have been fortunate NOT to have had an arrival when he is playing golf there, but I have seen AF1 at the airport, as I can see the FBO they have been using when I head to the P&DC.

I asked the dock supervisor if it is a problem on the road out front when he is playing.

"Yup, and it's a pain in the ass. They shut the road down and it is a major headache for the inbound and outbound mail trucks".

People seem to forget that when the weather allowed, Obama played at Joint Base Andrews, which is a short helicopter ride away from the White House and required 1/100th the logistics required for Trumpy to go to ANY of his courses, including the one on the Potomac near DC.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,219 posts)
9. I once drove by PBI when AF1 was docked there.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 08:21 AM
Mar 2019

My kids were with me in the car.

It was the closest I ever had seen the actual operating AF1 in person and yet because of who it was associated with, I couldn’t even get excited.

I didn’t even bother to tell my kids to look out the window.

Maybe I should have just for the historical aspect but the notion that this man has been allowed access to that plane repulses me beyond belief.

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